Commodity Trading

Hedge Funds and Commodities – Incompatible?

The news that the Carlyle commodities fund value has collapsed from around $2billion to $50million in cash under management made for interesting reading this weekend. The same article also mentions the general demise of hedge funds in commodities saying, “This week alone, commodity-trading firms Armajaro Asset Management LLP...
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Hedge Funds and Commodities – Incompatible?

The news that the Carlyle commodities fund value has collapsed from around $2billion to $50million in cash under management made for interesting reading this weekend. The same article also mentions the general demise of hedge funds in commodities saying, “This week alone, commodity-trading firms Armajaro Asset Management LLP...
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New REMIT Report Available

Today, we have released the REMIT report (European Regulations – REMIT Reporting Services and Solutions) kindly sponsored by REGIS TR and Sapient Global Markets. The report was primarily authored by Aviv Handler of ETR Advisory in conjunction with ourselves and, as usual, it is totally free to download....
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New REMIT Report Available

Today, we have released the REMIT report (European Regulations – REMIT Reporting Services and Solutions) kindly sponsored by REGIS TR and Sapient Global Markets. The report was primarily authored by Aviv Handler of ETR Advisory in conjunction with ourselves and, as usual, it is totally free to download....
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New REMIT Report Available

Today, we have released the REMIT report (European Regulations – REMIT Reporting Services and Solutions) kindly sponsored by REGIS TR and Sapient Global Markets. The report was primarily authored by Aviv Handler of ETR Advisory in conjunction with ourselves and, as usual, it is totally free to download....
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Catching up with OpenLink and the LNG markets

Though the LNG markets are in a current state of flux, with a slowing global economy reducing overall energy consumption and low crude prices putting downward pressure on liquefied gas prices, there is little question that in the long run, LNG trading will be a vital and growing...
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MicroStep HDO’s Xenergie Continues to be dominant Czech-Slovak Power Trading ETRM

Last week I also spoke to Slovak ETRM vendor MicroStep HDO who are in fact, right on my doorstep! Microstep HDO employ around 60 staff but it is a part of the larger (250+ MicroStep company. MicroStep HDO, based in Bratislava, has three branches of which one deals...
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A Changing Roster at the top of Triple Point

With the recent acquisition by ION, it appears that the management team at Triple Point is quickly evolving. Peter Armstrong, the company’s founder and CEO, left when the deal with ION was done; soon after, Oni Chukwu, SVP and CFO was gone. Now it appears that Greg Taylor,...
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A quick view of SAS’s Visual Analytics

I had the chance to drop in on a SAS event this week and get a view of their latest technology around data visualization. Most of the market has been aware for some time of SAS’s ability to aggregate massive amounts of data from large number of sources,...
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The Triple Point Acquisition by Ion is a Done Deal

While no press announcements have been forthcoming from either Triple Point or Ion, the acquisition of Triple Point by Ion Investments has been consummated. The Westport CT (home of Triple Point) newspaper says the deal was announced last Saturday (though you’d be hard pressed to find that announcement...
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